Tag Archives: grilling

The moment I suggested making chili with corn dogs, she shot me the look. I had seen this pained and, at the same time, menacing expression on one other occasion- that being when I suggested that we break in to … Continue reading →

Plunk, plunk, fizz, fizz oh what relief it is. The kids and I have different strategies for coping with the ever-decreasing length of day. While the children bide their time feeding quarters to retro videogame cabinets, I like to brew … Continue reading →

Typing left-handed is no fun. My 8 mile trail run culminated in a viciously bad fall. In truth, as I was flailing through the air, a hopeless patsy to the awe-inspiring power of fucking gravity, I had a choice to … Continue reading →

Do not be deceived- it is pronounced MIG-non. Ten bucks a pound for a good cut of beef is extortionate. Should you lack the scratch for such lavish opulence, wrap your sausage in bacon. Tuck in some jalapenos and chili … Continue reading →

Last night’s beer brewing session went like a bad first date- there was a bunch of sticky fumbling and a couple of first degree burns. The indescribable carnage has me thinking that the stove and I could use some time … Continue reading →

It may be the 257 consecutive days of chili, the pet chickens, or the nightly “Clockwork Orange Style” screenings of Charlotte’s Web to which she is subjected, but the Pirate has broken down and announced her migration to vegetarianism. During … Continue reading →

After dropping the Chili Cousins off at the starting line, I had some time to kill before meeting up with them somewhere around mile 10. While a brisk training was surely on the near horizon, biding my time at the … Continue reading →